Jan. 3, 2014    

1. 100 Hospitals With Great Women's Health Programs.          

2. 9 Hospital and Health System Executive Moves.   

3. UPMC, Highmark Drop Antitrust Lawsuits.          

4. New Podcast: Moving Toward Value-Based Care - Podcast With Optum's Miles Snowden. To listen, .       

5. Accountable Care Organizations: 2013 Year in Review.    

6. OIG, CMS Release Final Rules for EHR Stark Exception, Anti-Kickback Safe Harbor.     

7. [Sponsored Link]  9 Tips to Bring Order to Hospital Communications Chaos. Read about nine tips to cope with communication chaos healthcare technology generates and give order your patients and staff so desperately need. To read the whitepaper report, .         

8. 8 Health Systems That Created International Partnerships in 2013.       

Visit our other publications: Becker's ASC Review, Becker's Clinical Quality & Infection Control & Becker's Spine Review.      

24 Companies To Know

1. MedQuest

2. ASCOA:     

3. Medical Facilities Corp. 

4. VMG Health:
gregk@vmghealth.com;

5. Optum: 

www.optum.com     

6. Surgical Directions:

7. Select International: www.selectinternational.com  

8. MedAssets:  

www.medassets.com  

9. Principle Valuation:

www.principlevaluation.com

10. TeamHealth:

11. Regent Surgical Health:

12. TeleTracking:

13. CogentHMG:

15. Vantage Outsourcing:

16. HealthCare Appraisers:  

www.healthcareappraisers.com   

17. M*Modal

www.mmodal.com      

18. HFAP:

19. Towers Watson:

www.towerswatson.com

20. Craneware:

www.craneware.com    

21. EVEIA HEALTH Consulting & Management:

www.eveia.com

22. North American Partners in Anesthesia:

www.napaanesthesia.com   

23. Objective Health:

www.objectivehealth.com

24. athenahealth:

www.athenahealth.com